microgram in English

noun
1
one millionth of a gram.
The concentrations of manganese in two samples of surface soil taken from area A were 748 and 629 micrograms per gram, dry weight.

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1. One microgram (0.000001 grams) of Californium-252 produces 170,000,000 neutrons per minute

2. Microgram quantities of palladium are quantitatively deposited into mercury globules from various acid solutions.

3. Microgram quantities of silver are quantitatively deposited into mercury globules from nitric acid solutions (ca.

4. Combinational method for microgram-scale production and characterization of crystalline and amorphous libraries of materials

5. The isotope Californium-249 has been used in tracer levels and microgram amounts to investigate the chemistry of Californium (which exhibits an oxidation state of +3 in aqueous solution) and for preparing microgram quantities of compounds such as the oxychloride CfOCl, the oxides…

6. Microgram amounts of iron, cobalt and nickel are determined simultaneously with high accuracy and precision by measuring the absorption at three different wave lengths.

7. BPA Does Not Bioaccumulate When biomonitoring studies have detected BPA in streams and rivers globally, typical concentrations are less than 1 microgram per liter (parts per billion)

8. A product includes actinium-225 (225Ac) and less than about 1 microgram (&mgr;g) of iron (Fe) per millicurie (mCi) of actinium-225.

9. It triggered an immune response in half of those given two 90-microgram doses, suggesting that they would be protected from severe disease if H5N1 sparked a pandemic.

10. The microgram is typically abbreviated "mcg" in pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement labelling, to avoid confusion, since the "μ" prefix is not always well recognized outside of technical disciplines.

11. 17 While concentrations varied daily, typical concentrations of lead particles ranged from 0.6 to 1 microgram per cubic meter of air, Bell and her thesis adviser Catherine Cahill found.